Wasps' director of rugby Dai Young has told The Rugby Paper the Halfpenny ship has sailed from his point of view, leaving Bath pretty much the only Premiership club realistically in a position to sign him.

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As previously reported , a move for a player who isn't really needed at the Rec always seemed an unusual one, especially given the wages he had previously been on at Toulon - reportedly as much as 600,000 Euros - were way above what Bath were willing to pay him per year.

So Halfpenny's playing future remains in doubt. He almost certainly won't be wearing blue, black and white next season though.